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Nominations are now open for the Front Line Defenders 2022 Award.

The Front Line Defenders Award is aimed at HRDs for whom visibility can contribute to their security and who have not yet achieved major international recognition for their human rights work.

Front Line Defenders was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting Human Rights Defenders at Risk (HRDs), people who work non-violently for some or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) . Front Line Defenders responds to the protection needs identified by HRDs themselves.

Front Line Defenders has its headquarters in Dublin, an EU office in Brussels and field staff based regionally in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.

Front Line Defenders provides rapid and practical support to human rights defenders at risk through :

• international advocacy on behalf of human rights defenders at risk, including emergency support for those in immediate danger;
• subsidies to cover the practical security needs of human rights defenders;
• training and documentary resources on security and protection, including digital security;
• rest, respite and other opportunities for human rights defenders under extreme stress ;
• opportunities for networking and exchange between human rights defenders, including at the biennial platform in Dublin;
• the annual Front Line Defenders award for human rights defenders at risk;
• a 24-hour hotline for human rights defenders operating in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

The selection criteria

• the nature of the defenders human rights
• the impact of the work of human rights defenders on the promotion of the rights of others
• the level of risk or negative consequences associated with the work of human rights defenders
• continued commitment to advancing human rights, despite high-level risks
• the potential impact of winning the prize on the human rights defender and his or her work

Nomination guidelines

• Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Applications may be submitted by organisations or individuals.
• Individual candidates cannot play a leading role in a political party.
• Individual candidates must be currently active in the field of human rights (the Front Line Defenders Award is not intended to recognise a historical or posthumous contribution).
• Individual applicants should not have already received high-level international recognition.
• Candidates must be active human rights defenders, and if they are in exile, only nominations of HRDs still at risk will be eligible.
• Self-nomination is not permitted.
• The number of nominations a HRD or organisation receives is not taken into account when assessing candidates.

For more information, please visit Front Line Defenders .